S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
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| Developer(s) | GSC Game World |
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| Distributor(s) | Valve Corporation |
| Series | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. |
| Engine | X-Ray Engine |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| GameRankings | 74% |
| Metacritic | 75/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 70/100 |
| GameSpot | 7.0/10 |
| IGN | 7.3/10 |
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a first-person shooter, survival horror video game role-playing elements, the prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. It was developed by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World and published by Deep Silver.
While guiding a group of scientists through the Zone, Scar faints during a high energy emission. Scar, the only one to survive, is then rescued by Clear Sky, a secret independent Zone faction dedicated to researching and learning about the Zone in their attempt to better understand it and its related phenomena. It is not known how Scar has survived the emission, but it is noted he has suffered damage to his central nervous system and seems to exhibit other, subtle physiological changes.
The nature of these changes becomes clear shortly. Word arrives that a platoon of Stalkers has come under attack by mutants, and Lebedev, leader of the Clear Sky faction, asks Scar to seek them out and help them. During the rescue attempt another emission occurs with little warning, giving Scar and the Stalkers no time to seek cover. Once again Scar is the sole survivor, recovering shortly after the emission dies down. Lebedev is amazed that Scar is still alive; the Clear Sky lead researcher, Beanpolev, believes that Scar has acquired some "unusual ability" that allows him to navigate and survive anomalies and parts of the Zone that would normally kill any ordinary man.
Lebedev begins to theorize that the Zone is being disrupted by a dramatic increase in energy emissions, emanating from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the center of the Zone. The emissions are a sort of "immune response" to an outside force that the Zone perceives as a threat. Lebedev believes this outside force to be a group of Stalkers who are reportedly making an attempt to reach the center of the Zone, and have made it further than any other group of Stalkers before. Both Levedev and Chebekov fear that the Zone's reaction may cause untold destruction should the group succeed. Scar is asked to seek out this group and stop them at all costs.
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